Nigerian Breweriesand Farafina Trust have opened entries for the 2014 Creative Writing Workshop. According to information released by the organizers of the annual 10-Day workshop, interested writers have up until June 30th, 2014 to send in their entries.
The workshop led by Chimamanda, Nigeria’s international award winning writer, is aimed at improving the craft of Nigerian writers and is designed to encourage published and unpublished writers by bringing different perspectives to the art of storytelling. Interested writers are expected to send their names, addresses, a few sentences about themselves and a writing sample of between 200 and 800 words (Fiction and non-fiction). Writing samples should be pasted or written in the body of the email with subject titled ‘Workshop Application’ and sent to udonandu2014@gmail.com.
Applicants are advised not to include any attachments in their email as this would automatically disqualify them. The deadline for submission is June 30, 2014 and only those accepted to the workshop will be notified by July 30, 2014.
The Creative Writing Workshop sponsored by Nigerian Breweries since 2009 has trained about 100 creative writers and has featured several international writers. The list of international writers include;Jeffery Allen, a Professor of English at Queens College of the City University of New York and an instructor in the Writing Program at The New School. Robert Spillman,Editor of Tin House, a ten-year-old bi-coastal (Brooklyn, New York and Portland, Oregon) literary magazine that has been honored in Best American Stories, Best American Essays, Best American Poetry, O’Henry Prize Stories, thePushcart Prize Anthology and numerous other anthologies.
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